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Lisa Tirreno

@lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social
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📚Australian YA fantasy author. PRINCE OF FORTUNE out with S&S now! Also chickens and cake. Rep: @jimmccarthydgb.bsky.social

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just this morning I was trying to remember if post-EMP life in the tv show Revolution was good enough to consider just wiping out electronics …
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
You know how (Aussie) Medicare got hacked by OpenAI and we were saying a human who did (directly) would go to prison? Here's a petition to hold gen ai companies accountable for THEIR gen ai 'agents'.
act.getup.org.au
Tell Albanese: AI crime, CEO time
An OpenAI agent broke into Medicare in June, and if you or I did that, we'd be facing jail time. So why aren't AI CEOs?
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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scholarly types! The call for papers for the next @iaspr.bsky.social conference is now open. It'll be in Oviedo, Spain in June 2027 and the theme is Choosing Love, centring around hope and optimism in a world which often does not engender especially hopeful or optimistic feelings about the future.
iaspr.org
Choosing Love: Call for Papers, IASPR Conference 2027 – International Association for the Study of Popular Romance
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29/09/2026
Hey don't use this shit.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Timeline cleanse: the current batch of chicks have a favourite thing to do, and it is climbing all over their grandma. Luckily she is a very patient old lady.
Image is four baby chickens in a coop, surrounding a grown silkie chicken. Two of them are on top of her back
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Ivy @becauseivy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's Thinking Thursday, delete your robots
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Everyone stop, this is important
A black and white drawing of three dachshunds arranged vertically, each holding a different optical illusion object in its mouth, and the dogs themselves drawn as if a single line optical illusion. The top dog holds a Penrose triangle, the middle dog holds a Necker cube, and the bottom dog holds a Penrose trident. The dogs’ bodies are elongated in an exaggerated cartoon style. The artwork is signed “@IndieTheIntrovert” in the bottom right corner.
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Time to pull this out again
Image is screenshots from the iconic blue sweater scene in The Devil Wears Prada with the references to the fashion industry visibly deleted and replaced with references to the publishing industry, implying that individuals do not choose their own books but the industry exerts more influence over them than they realise
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Workers now produce roughly 40% more per hour than they did in the late 1990s. But we're not working shorter weeks, retiring earlier and living more comfortably asa result. Instead people are struggling to pay for the heating, food and bills at the same time. We're being robbed blind.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
opb.org
Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
orlandosentinel.com
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"snow angel" or the "angel of death," is the rare imprint left by an owl as it swooped down to catch prey
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please look at these perfect little babies.
Image is two baby Pekin chicks, one dark and one light
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cher’s outfit reveals on The Cher Show (1975) designed by BOB MACKIE — who passed away today at the age of 87.
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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Freelance journalists are a vital part of the media landscape, producing award winning journalism but are increasingly used to prop up media organisations while many struggle to pay their rent. Read the Pay Up for Freelancers Survey Report 2026: meaa.io/FreelanceRep... #PayUp
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Brigid Finn @brigidtfinn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So often I’m reading a book and find myself overwhelmed by the thought that someone wrote this. It came from someone’s brain. Not enough time is spent just…honoring the beautiful things a beautiful brain can create. Art is the most incredible aspect of human existence.
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 10/09/2026
OK NO MORE SUCKING THE JOY FROM LIFE Look at these precious babies instead
Two fluffy cats snuggling awkwardly
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Saaaaame
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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
OECD report: Students who don’t use AI are ahead on every measure pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/08/s... If this is the case then why on earth are universities joining the lemming-like rush to use it?
pivot-to-ai.com
Students who don’t use AI are ahead on every measure
Every year, the OECD surveys students around the world for the Programme for International Student Assessment. The 2025 results were just released today. [OECD; OECD, PDF] Around the world, results…
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/09/2026
Chalk lettering on the sidewalk reading TRANS CARE IS SUICIDE PREVENTION
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Martin Rosner @hotpaper.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
panel 1
man thinking: Am I still a good person if helping others also benefits me? 

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disembodied voice from far away: Hey, man

panel 3
picture of the entire universe: It's me, the universe

panel 4
universe: Be kind, I don't care why
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The return to physical media is a radical act. A book in your hand or a record on the turntable belong to a world beyond subscriptions, licenses, and corporate permission, and they can be lent, inherited, annotated, repaired, and loved. They remain when the platform fails and the servers die.
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Sandra, present perfect, monstre @sgwong.com · 26/08/2026
idk, maybe let’s just live our lives so we inspire each other to be our best, kindest, most generous selves, and when we fall short, to pick each other up, dust ourselves off, and keep going.
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Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What's bothering me about AI on Bluesky, and which for the sake of civility I have been biting my tongue about probably more than I should, is the increasing number of people willing to turn a blind eye to the fact that *all of these products* are built with stolen labor and copyright violations.
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Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Every time you use an LLM, you are exploiting someone else's unpaid labor. *EVERY TIME* As long as LLMs are built on data sets derived from stolen work, THEY CANNOT BE USED ETHICALLY. You are committing an ethical violation every time you use one.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Also, sometimes you AGONISE over writing something and THAT’S WHY IT FEELS EFFORTLESS WHEN SOMEONE READS IT BECAUSE SO MUCH WORK WENT INTO MAKING IT FLOW
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026
Anymore takers, Aussie & Kiwi Writers?
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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
*chomping pauses* *muffled speech:* “Oh. Shoulda said sooner.” *slow chomp* “Really yummy painting by the way.”
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here
americamagazine.org
Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document
The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am reading this right now!!!! I am up to this bit, which is hilarious!!!!!
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just seen a new one: an American woman jumping in to decry a post as AI slop because it was about an Australian sport (netball) she didn’t know. This is getting ridiculous & once again i find myself wanting to point out that people not knowing what’s real feels like a feature not a bug of this tech
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
There are 315 'Data Centres' queued up to be added to the UK grid. They will use 73GW of electricity. The current average use for the ENTIRE UK is 24GW. They will use 3x more electricity than everyone in the UK combined. And YOU will be paying their heavily subsidised bills. WHY????
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Soooooo I saw this while perusing a website that sells seeds and I thought to myself, "hilarious! I'm just going to post this with the caption 'hey looks like a great pot to put a head in!' " before realising...nobody is going to get that reference and I'm going to end up on a watchlist. Am I right?
Image is a round pot with basil growing out the top, and the caption "basil bush"
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Anyone who AIs Dolly Parton for any reason is going to hell
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...
afm.org
AFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly Parton
Today, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist…
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
rollingstone.com
Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly's generosity of spirit alongside her countless millions given away shows us just how small and disgusting the the techbros really are. They could help to repair the world and instead they are stripping the copper off the wires.
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Australia records its first bird flu case in a mammal
A long-nosed fur seal found in South Australia tests positive for bird flu.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Omelas already exists: no need to build it or choose it. We already live here –in the narrow, foul, dark prison we let our ignorance, fear, and hatred build for us and keep us in, here in the splendid, beautiful city of life...
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Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I’m so glad to hear of all these bookstores refusing to sell to these vampires. It’s one thing to say that people are allowed to do whatever they want to things they’ve legally paid for but that treats books like any other commodity rather than precious repositories of human knowledge and wisdom.
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Kit Gray aka Elise Scott (they/she) @elisescott.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What's your favorite thing on the internet today? Caption: if you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
Two pictures side by side. In the first, an orange cat wearing a little crocheted wreath around their face  that looks like the yellow triangular rays of a stylized sun. In the second, hands are holding a Black cat wearing a gray bonnet the color of the moon's surface in front of the orange cat so that the black cat is mostly blocking the view of the orange sun cat. The sun cat is peeking out over the moon cat's shoulder a little bit.

Caption: if you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is the $300M mega yacht owned by billionaire Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg that didn't answer a distress call from a much smaller cruise ship that ran out of fuel in Alaska this week. Photo Credit: Arno Lippert.
LAUNCHPAD, a 387-foot FEADSHIP megayacht reportedly owned by Mark Zuckerberg is one of the largest private yachts in the world. Photo by Arno Lippert.
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Yigal Arens @nuffnuff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.
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